The gala program of the 4th ON5SIFIR7 Film Week was organized at AKM.

The gala program of the 4th ON5SIFIR7 Film Week, organized by the July 15 Association at the Atatürk Cultural Center in 2016 to ensure that the treacherous coup attempt experienced that year is not forgotten and is passed on to future generations, was held. This year, 20 selected films from the themes of coups, resistance, and freedom in world cinema will meet the audience at the Film Week.
The gala program of the ON5SIFIR7 Film Week, organized by the July 15 Association in 2016 to ensure that the treacherous coup attempt experienced is not forgotten and is passed on to future generations, was held. The program held at the Atatürk Cultural Center was attended by Bekir Bozdağ, who was the Minister of Justice at the time of the treacherous July 15 coup attempt and the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Selim Terzi, the General Director of Living Heritage and Cultural Events at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Birol Güven, the General Director of Cinema at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ismail Hakkı Turunç, the President of the July 15 Association, and Ihsan Kabil, the General Art Director.
The 4th ON5SIFIR7 Film Week, realized by the July 15 Association with the slogan ‘From July 15 to Gaza,’ will feature 20 selected films from world cinema on the themes of coups, resistance, and freedom meeting the audience. In the selection of the week, which is integrated with the slogan ‘From July 15 to Gaza’ by associating it with the Palestinian genocide, films with Palestinian themes are highlighted. Within the determined program, distinguished films telling many real stories where great sorrows experienced in different continents from Japan to Turkistan, the Philippines to Iran, the USA, and Chile later turned into victories will be projected on the silver screen. The renowned Palestinian actor and director Muhammed Bekri participated as the guest of honor in the 4th ON5SIFIR7 Film Week. It was announced that a panel titled ‘The Key of Resistance is Cinema’ with expert speakers from domestic and foreign fields will also be held on July 10, 2024, during the program. The screenings will take place at the Beyoğlu Tarık Zafer Tunaya Cultural Center, Zeytinburnu Cultural and Art Center, and Ümraniye Cemil Meriç Youth Education and Cultural Center. Furthermore, all screenings will be open to the public and free of charge.
“I wish the activities of July 15 Week to be beneficial, useful, and successful as planned” Speaking at the gala program, Bekir Bozdağ, who was the Minister of Justice during the treacherous July 15 coup attempt, said, “I wish the activities of July 15 Week, which are organized with the main ideas of coup, resistance, freedom, ‘From July 15 to Gaza,’ and most importantly the key of resistance cinema, to be beneficial, useful, and successful as planned. On this occasion, I would like to express my gratitude to our Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mr. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, and the general directors of the ministry, the officials, the valuable president of our July 15 Association, Mr. Ismail Hakkı Turunç, and the mayors who supported this, TRT, and everyone who contributed. Thank you, may you be blessed and exist.”
“May Allah not show this honorable nation betrayals like July 15 again” Expressing his wish that the nation does not experience a betrayal like July 15 again, Bozdağ said, “Of course, when we watch the footage related to July 15, we all felt as if we were reliving the incident. We felt like we were living those days again. May Allah not show this honorable nation betrayals like July 15 again. To prevent the repetition of July 15, that is, to prevent the repetition of betrayal, it should be our most important duty not to forget and not to let forget the July 15s. On the night of July 15, the honorable Turkish nation, from the President to the Ahmet in the village, to Ayşe lady, united as if with one body in cities, towns, everywhere. Just as the Turkish nation created a unity behind Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk after May 19 against the invasion in its known history, this time, in the face of a new invasion attempt conducted by FETÖ’s treacherous soldiers within our army in collaboration with those who cooperated with them, in the influence of America and the support of many other states, the Turkish nation took a stand behind our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.”
“I clearly state that what Israel did is a genocide” Bozdağ, who expressed that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, said, “I would like to make a few remarks about Gaza. I clearly state that what Israel did in Gaza is a genocide. No ifs, ands, or buts. What is a complete genocide, how it is defined, at this very moment, the state of Israel unfortunately is applying the same to our innocent Muslim brothers in Gaza, to the Palestinians.”